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单词 banana skin
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banana skin
noun[C]
UKinformal
uk
/bəˈnɑː.nə ˌskɪn/us
/bəˈnæn.ə ˌskɪn/
asuddenunexpectedsituationthat makes apersonappearsillyorcausesthemdifficulty:
使人出丑（或引起麻烦）的突发事件
The newtaxhasprovedto be abananaskinfor thegovernment.事实证明，新税收给政府带来了麻烦。
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(Definition ofbanana skinfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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I can recommend this as an excellent substitute for abananaskinbecause it is lethal if stepped on unawares.
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I always thought that misadventure is when one slips on abananaskin, or something of the kind.
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I hope that he will pick up thisbananaskinbefore we slip on it.
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Let us, for example, take two men, who fall on abananaskinin the street, with serious consequences.
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How many times will an elementary error in judgment by some political party be referred to as "abananaskin"?
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He thought that he would be able to make his reputation without slipping on abananaskin.
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It has the potential of being a majorbananaskinfor my noble friends.
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Another weary old cliche is "thebananaskin".
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He leaves behind a bag of tools or abananaskin.
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This is not even abananaskin.
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I do not know how one manages to pick up abananaskinand slip on it, but it just shows the dangers that attend these colourful ventures into speech.
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I would say that this is abananaskinif ever there was one, and he knows that he would not wish to tread on it.
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As abananaskinwas found in a dustbin in the shop after this time, it is thought she must have returned there.
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In short, the cabinet slipped over abananaskinaccording to this paper.
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He also owns an oldbananaskinblanket which he is very protective of.
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